Govt: Glos badger cull 'a success'
The Government says the Gloucestershire badger cull extension was successful, despite the cull ending early because not enough badgers were being killed.
Pilot badger cull in Gloucestershire to end tomorrow
Natural England has released a statement saying that it has agreed with the company undertaking the pilot badger cull in west Gloucestershire that culling operations will cease tomorrow (Saturday, 30 November).
It adds that, following discussions with the NFU, the cull company and Natural England, the licence for the extension of this year’s pilot cull will stop with effect from noon on Saturday.
The licence for the cull - which was introduced to curb the spread of TB in cattle had been extended as not enough badgers had been killed for the trial.
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